

Van Diemen's Land
Hunger is a strange silence
The true story of Australia’s most notorious convict, Alexander Pearce and his infamous journey into the beautiful yet brutal Tasmanian wilderness. A point of no return for convicts banished from their homeland, Van Diemen’s Land was a feared and dreaded penal settlement at the end of the earth.
Cast

Oscar Redding
Alexander Pearce

Arthur Angel
Robert Greenhill
Paul Ashcroft
Matthew Travers

Mark Leonard Winter
Alexander Dalton
Torquil Neilson
John Mathers

Thomas M. Wright
Thomas Bodenham

Greg Stone
William Kennerly
John Francis Howard
Little Brown
Matt Wilson
Duty Soldier

Adrian Mulraney
Logan
Ben Plazzer
Soldier in boat
Jonathan auf der Heide
Soldier in boat
Jason Glover
Lieutenant Cuthbertson
Videos
Storyline
The true story of Australia’s most notorious convict, Alexander Pearce and his infamous journey into the beautiful yet brutal Tasmanian wilderness. A point of no return for convicts banished from their homeland, Van Diemen’s Land was a feared and dreaded penal settlement at the end of the earth.
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